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Q: Name 3 ancient Greek words which is commonly used today?
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Did ancient Greeks use the same words as Americans?

In a word, no, although many modern English words are derived from ancient Greek words, and both Greek and English are ultimately derived from the same ancient language, known today as Proto-Indo-European.


What ancient Greek words or symbols are used today?

Science and mathematics use most of the letters of the Greek alphabet on a daily basis


How did ancient Greece impact your world today?

We have Greek plays and architecture. Greek words are used to synthesise new words - eg the words beginning with psy... proto... hyper... anti... ante... etc etc


What are some ancient greek words still used today?

like academy is still used today as a learning place


How has ancient greek literature influenced Americans today?

They gave us lots of things like books and stuff like that. They also effected our way we write because they improved their writing system which made our writing system today have lots of improvement on our system. An example of literature from Ancient Greece is The Oddysey by Homer.


Are the words English from different language?

English has borrowed words from many different languages over the years, including Latin, French, and Germanic languages. This has enriched the language and given it a diverse vocabulary.


How do you say you in ancient greek?

The words that mean ancient are archaeos, archaea, archaeo and in Greek αρχαίος, αρχαία, αρχαίο.


Where did the ancient Greek culture not lay the foundation for Western civilization?

It did - via Roman then European culture. Think of architectural styles, plays, and new English technical words today are made up from Greek words - think of the psy- words, from the Greek letter psi. And of course the politics of democracy.


What ancient greek words beggin with w?

None of them do. There is no "w" in the Greek language.


What are ancient Greek words that start with letter a?

alpha


Did the ancient greek use pictures to represent words?

No, they did have letters to write their words.


What English words are from the Greek language?

There are many English words derived from the Ancient Greek language.These are a few:autobiograhy - book written about ones own life- comes from three greek words. 'Autos' is Ancient Greek for 'same', or '-self'. 'Bion' is Ancient Greek for 'life'. 'Graphein' is Ancient Greek for 'to write'.Ballistics - the study of projectiles, or things such as bullets shot from a weapon- comes from the Ancient Greek word 'Ballein' which means 'to throw (as with a weapon)' or 'to shoot'.Poet - one who writes poetry - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'poiein' which means 'to make, to create'.Angel - spiritual being who sometimes communicates to man, as in the first chapter of the gospel according to St. Luke - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'angelos' which means 'messanger'.Monotheism - belief in one god - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'monos' which means 'alone, only' and the Ancient Greek word 'theos' which means 'god'.By looking through an English dictionary or an Ancient Greek text book, you can find many more English words which come from the Ancient Greek language.